Qantas Launching MEL - HNL from May 2025

[AIRwin]

Tonight A380 operating QF105 from Melbourne to Honolulu Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

 

[exLXCXFF]

Tonight A380 operating QF105 from Melbourne to Honolulu Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

strange, esp given the MEL - LAX cancellation and this one apparently continuing to LAX

 

[TheInsider]

Tonight A380 operating QF105 from Melbourne to Honolulu Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

With no passengers on it though.

 

[AIRwin]

With no passengers on it though.

Another ghost flight?

 

[docjames]

With no passengers on it though.

I thought they usually used a different flight no. eg. 6001 for these flights?

Any idea why they are running it? I see it is then scheduled to head to LAX presumably then back to normal operations?

Climb out of Melbourne didn’t look to have any height restrictions and normal departure profile so didn’t appear to be any technical reason why going via/to HNL?

 

[docjames]

And looks like it has had a fairly typical turnaround time (incl 30 min delayed departure ) and now departed for LAX as QF6001!

 

[markis10]

Probably did the run to HNL to offset the cost of a positioning flight to LAX where it will do a charter

 

[docjames]

Probably did the run to HNL to offset the cost of a positioning flight to LAX where it will do a charter

Except (per post above) it carried no pax….

 

[markis10]

Except (per post above) it carried no pax….

Freight? Or the charter was that church mob having a holiday in HNL heading home. MEL FID had the flight as departing as QF6001 on the departure boards. All a bit odd

 

[docjames]

Yep definitely odd

 

[Saab34]

6001 was a Brethern charter last year I recall, SYD-AKL.

Considering the costs involved pulling it off a revenue service, crewing, these flights have cost a motza. Certainly must be more worthwhile for QF compared to operating a normal service otherwise why bother, so no doubt in the millions here. I’ll leave the Church money trail discussion for reddit

 

[jase05]

6001 was a Brethern charter last year I recall, SYD-AKL

Yep, the Brethren are frequent QF charter operators

 

[Saab34]

I assume we have a charter HNL-MEL next week then?

 

[BNEFlyer]

6001 was a Brethern charter last year I recall, SYD-AKL.

Considering the costs involved pulling it off a revenue service, crewing, these flights have cost a motza. Certainly must be more worthwhile for QF compared to operating a normal service otherwise why bother, so no doubt in the millions here. I’ll leave the Church money trail discussion for reddit

QF6xx_ flights are repositioning flights. Usually the charters are QF331/332.

 

[TheInsider]

Freight? Or the charter was that church mob having a holiday in HNL heading home. MEL FID had the flight as departing as QF6001 on the departure boards. All a bit odd

Nope. QF93 cancelled that day due to a mechanical issue using that aircraft.
Aircraft was needed in LAX for maintenance to fix the issue, due to issue, couldn't carry enough fuel to go to LAX so had to refuel in HNL.
So it was a ferry flight - QF systems it was coded QF6001 and MEL airport had that, maybe they used the QF105 also due to flight traffic restrictions and slots? I don't know though.